diff --git a/crates/render/src/lib.rs b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
index eaa31c5c5..fcb73fff5 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/lib.rs
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ impl Renderer {
     /// Start a frame: cache entries used from now on are marked with its stamp.
     fn begin_frame(&mut self) {
         self.stamp += 1;
+        self.inline_depth = 0;
     }
 
     /// End a frame: drop cache entries not used for a few frames (every render, thumbnails too,
diff --git a/crates/render/src/pattern.rs b/crates/render/src/pattern.rs
index 9cb5e874f..e6ea284ba 100644
--- a/crates/render/src/pattern.rs
+++ b/crates/render/src/pattern.rs
@@ -205,10 +205,18 @@ fn with_tile_renderer<T>(f: impl FnOnce(&mut Renderer) -> T) -> Option<T> {
         }))
     })?;
     let mut r = r;
+    // Restores the depth even if `f` panics and the panic is caught (the renderer is then dropped).
+    struct Restore;
+    impl Drop for Restore {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            CACHE.with(|c| c.borrow_mut().depth -= 1);
+        }
+    }
+    let guard = Restore;
     let out = f(&mut r);
+    drop(guard);
     CACHE.with(|c| {
         let mut c = c.borrow_mut();
-        c.depth -= 1;
         if c.renderer.is_none() {
             c.renderer = Some(r);
         }
@@ -687,4 +695,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(raster_scale(2.1, (10.0, 10.0)), raster_scale(3.9, (10.0, 10.0)));
         assert!(raster_scale(64.0, (1000.0, 10.0)) * 1000.0 <= MAX_TILE_PX);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn tile_renderer_depth_survives_caught_panics() {
+        for _ in 0..4 {
+            let r = std::panic::catch_unwind(|| with_tile_renderer(|_| panic!("tile boom")));
+            assert!(r.is_err());
+        }
+        assert!(with_tile_renderer(|_| ()).is_some(), "depth leaked after caught panics");
+    }
 }